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7 CFR 457.8 and 7 CFR 1437.7(d) 

mandates the collection of acreage and 

production information from producers 

who wish to participate in certain 

USDA programs. The Farm Service 

Agency (FSA) and the Risk Management 

Agency (RMA) are implementing the 

Acreage/Crop Reporting Streamlining 

Initiative (ACRSI), a web-based single 

source reporting system to establish a 

single reporting and data collection. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

This initiative is being conducted in 

phases by geographical area and 

additional commodities. Counties are 

selected based on their commonality of 

historical crop reporting, high 

percentage of producers participating in 

both RMA and FSA programs and the 

high level of interest of the private 

agricultural service industry (precisionag and farm management) in the pilot 

phases. It will reengineer the 

procedures, processes, and standards to 

simplify commodity, acreage and 

production reporting by producers, 

eliminate or minimize duplication of 

information collection by multiple 

agencies and reduce the burden on 

producers, insurance agents and AIPs. 

Information being collected will consist 

of, but not be limited to: Producer name, 

location state, commodity name, 

commodity type or variety, location 

county, date planted, land location 

(legal description, FSA farm number, 

FSA track number, FSA field number), 

intended use, prevented planting acres, 

acres planted but failed, planted acres, 

and production of commodity 

produced. Failure to collect the 

applicable information could result in 

unearned Federal benefits being issued 

or producers being denied eligibility to 

program benefits. 

Description of Respondents: 

Individuals and households. 

Number of Respondents: 293,000. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

One time. 

Total Burden Hours: 358,925. 

Charlene Parker, 

Departmental Information Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2015–03399 Filed 2–18–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–08–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

[Doc. No. AMS–LPS–14–0044] 

Sorghum Promotion, Research, and 

Information Program: Referendum 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of Opportunity to 

Participate in the Sorghum Promotion, 

Research, and Information Referendum. 

SUMMARY: The Agricultural Marketing 

Service (AMS) is announcing that a 

referendum will be conducted among 

eligible sorghum producers and 

importers regarding the Sorghum 

Promotion, Research, and Information 

Order (Order), as authorized under the 

Commodity Promotion, Research, and 

Information Act of 1996 (Act). 

DATES: Sorghum producers and 

importers will vote in the referendum 

during a 4-week period beginning on 

March 23, 2015, and ending April 21, 

2015. To be eligible to participate in the 

referendum, producers and importers 

must certify that they or the entity they 

are authorized to represent are subject to 

the assessment and were engaged in the 

production or importation of sorghum 

between January 1, 2011, and December 

31, 2014. An eligible person shall be 

entitled to cast only one vote in the 

referendum. 

Form LS–379, Sorghum Promotion 

and Research Order Referendum Ballot, 

may be obtained by mail, fax, or in 

person from the Farm Service Agency 

(FSA) county offices from March 23, 

2015, to April 21, 2015. Form LS–379 

may also be obtained via the Internet at 

http://www.ams.usda.gov/

lsmarketingprograms during the same 

time period. Sorghum producers should 

return completed forms and supporting 

documentation to the appropriate 

county FSA office by fax or in person 

no later than close of business April 21, 

2015; or if returned by mail, must be 

postmarked by midnight April 21, 2015, 

and received in the county FSA office 

by close of business on April 28, 2015. 

Sorghum importers should return 

completed forms and supporting 

documentation to: Craig Shackelford, 

Research and Promotion Division, 

Livestock, Poultry, and Seed Program, 

AMS, USDA, 22 Jamesport Lane, White, 

GA 30184; Telephone: (470) 315–4246; 

craig.shackelford@ams.usda.gov no later 

than close of business April 21, 2015; or 

if returned by mail, must be postmarked 

by midnight April 21, 2015, and 

received in the AMS office by close of 

business on April 28, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kenneth R. Payne, Director, Research 

and Promotion Division, Livestock, 

Poultry, and Seed Program, AMS, 

USDA, Room 2608–S, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–0251; 

Telephone 202/720–5705; Fax 202/720– 

1125; or email to Kenneth.Payne@

ams.usda.gov, or Craig Shackelford, 

Marketing Specialist, Research and 

Promotion Division, Livestock, Poultry, 

and Seed Program, AMS, USDA, 22 

Jamesport Lane, White, GA 30184; 

Telephone: (470) 315–4246; 

craig.shackelford@ams.usda.gov, or 

Rick Pinkston, Field Operations Staff, 

FSA, USDA, at Telephone (202) 720– 

1857, Fax (202) 720–1096, or by email 

at Rick.Pinkston@wdc.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the Act (7 U.S.C. 7411–7425), it is 

hereby directed that a referendum be 

conducted to ascertain whether 

continuance of the Order (7 CFR part 

1221) is favored by those persons who 

have been engaged in the production or 

importation of sorghum from January 1, 

2011, through December 31, 2014. 

The representative period for 

establishing voter eligibility for the 

referendum shall be the period from 

January 1, 2011, through December 31, 

2014. Persons who were subject to the 

assessment, and engaged in the 

production or importation of sorghum, 

who provide documentation, such as a 

sales receipt or remittance form, 

showing that they were engaged in the 

production or importation of sorghum 

from January 1, 2011, through December 

31, 2014, are eligible to vote. Importers 

who were subject to the assessment may 

provide U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection form 7501. 

On March 3, 2014, the Chairman of 

the United Sorghum Checkoff Program 

Board signed a letter requesting that 

AMS complete the voting of the 

referendum by April 15, 2015. He noted 

that this completion date would help 

ensure that as many producers as 

possible have a chance to vote in the 

referendum. 

Eligible voters will be provided the 

opportunity to vote at the county FSA 

office where FSA maintains and 

processes the eligible voter’s 

administrative farm records. For the 

eligible voter not participating in FSA 

programs, the opportunity to vote will 

be provided at the FSA office serving 

the county where the person owns or 

rents land. Eligible importers will be 

provided the opportunity to vote 

through the U.S. Department of 

Agriculture’s (USDA) AMS office 

located in Washington, DC. 

Participation in the referendum is not 

mandatory. 

On November 18, 2010, USDA 

published in the Federal Register (75 

FR 70573) a final rule that sets forth 

procedures that will be used in 

conducting the referendum. The final 

rule includes definitions, provisions for 

supervising the referendum process, 

eligibility, procedures for obtaining and 

completing the form LS–379, required 


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documentation showing that the person 

was engaged in the production or 

importation of sorghum from January 1, 

2011, through December 31, 2014, 

where the referendum will be 

conducted, counting and reporting 

results, and disposition of the forms and 

records. Since the referendum will be 

conducted primarily at the county FSA 

offices, FSA employees will assist AMS 

by determining eligibility, counting 

requests, and reporting results. 

Pursuant to the Act, USDA is 

conducting the required referendum 

from March 23, 2015 through April 21, 

2015. Form LS–379 may be requested in 

person, by mail, or by facsimile from 

March 23, 2015 through April 21, 2015. 

Form LS–379 may also be obtained 

via the Internet at: http://

www.ams.usda.gov/

lsmarketingprograms during the same 4- 

week period. Eligible voters would vote 

at the FSA office where FSA maintains 

and processes the person’s, 

corporation’s, or other entity’s 

administrative farm records. For the 

person, corporation, or other entity 

eligible to vote that does not participate 

in FSA programs, the opportunity to 

vote would be provided at the FSA 

office serving the county where the 

person, corporation, or other entity 

owns or rents land. 

Voters can determine the location of 

county FSA offices by contacting (1) the 

nearest FSA office, (2) the State FSA 

office, or (3) through an online search of 

FSA’s Web site at: http://

www.fsa.usda.gov/pas/default.asp. 

From the options available on this Web 

site select ‘‘State Offices,’’ click on your 

State, select ‘‘County Offices,’’ and click 

on the map to select a county. 

Form LS–379 and supporting 

documentation may be returned in 

person, by mail, or facsimile to the 

appropriate county FSA office. Form 

LS–379 and accompanying 

documentation returned in person or by 

facsimile, must be received in the 

appropriate FSA office prior to the close 

of business on April 21, 2015. Form LS– 

379 and accompanying documentation 

returned by mail must be postmarked no 

later than midnight of April 21, 2015, 

and received in the county FSA office 

by close of business on April 28, 2015. 

In accordance with Paperwork 

Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), 

the information collection requirements 

have been approved under OMB 

number 0581–0093. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 7411–7425. 

Dated: February 11, 2015. 

Rex A. Barnes, 

Associate Administrator, Agricultural 

Marketing Service. 

[FR Doc. 2015–03392 Filed 2–18–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

San Juan National Forest; Colorado; 

Weminuche Landscape Grazing 

Analysis 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement. 

SUMMARY: The Forest Service intends to 

prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement to analyze the impacts of the 

proposal to continue to authorize term 

livestock grazing permit(s) on all or 

portions of the Weminuche Landscape 

in a manner that moves resource 

conditions toward desired on-theground conditions and is consistent 

with Forest Plan standards and 

guidelines. The Environmental Impact 

Statement will be prepared pursuant to 

the National Environmental Policy Act 

and agency policy. The analysis area 

encompasses approximately 167,000 

acres on six active allotments and seven 

vacant allotments. The project area is 

located northeast of Durango, Colorado; 

from northern Missionary Ridge east 

through the Weminuche Wilderness to 

the Pine River; in Townships 36–40 

North, Ranges 4–9 West, N.M.P.M., and 

is within the Columbine Ranger District, 

San Juan National Forest, Colorado. 

The proposed action is designed to 

increase the flexibility of livestock 

grazing systems through adaptive 

management, which will allow quicker 

and more effective response to problem 

areas when they are revealed. Problems 

will be revealed through the use of short 

and long term monitoring. Application 

of adaptive management practices 

should result in improved soil, 

watershed, and vegetative conditions, 

and healthier wildlife populations. 

DATES: If you have supplementary 

comments which meet the description 

in Scoping Process, below, they must be 

received by March 23, 2015. The draft 

Environmental Impact Statement is 

expected about April 2015, and the final 

Environmental Impact Statement is 

expected about July 2015. A decision is 

expected about November 2015. 

ADDRESSES: If you have supplementary 

comments which meet the description 

in Scoping Process, below, send them in 

written form to Matt Janowiak, 

Columbine District Ranger, P.O. Box 

439, Bayfield, CO 81122. Comments 

may also be sent via email to commentsrocky-mountain-san-juan-columbine@

fs.fed.us, or via facsimile to 970–884– 

2428. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jared Whitmer, Interdisciplinary Team 

Leader at 970–884–1416. 

Individuals who use 

telecommunication devices for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 

between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern 

Time, Monday through Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Preceding EA Process 

A previous National Environmental 

Policy Act process, including public 

input and impacts analysis, has been 

conducted for this project under an 

Environmental Assessment. Due to 

scientific uncertainty regarding disease 

transmission between livestock and 

wildlife, and due to uncertainty of 

degree of impacts to wildlife population 

viability, a Finding of No Significant 

Impact could not be reached for the 

Environmental Assessment. This 

resulted in the initiation of this 

Environmental Impact Statement. 

Purpose and Need for Action 

The purpose of this action is 

administer term livestock grazing 

permits on all or portions of the 

Weminuche Landscape in a manner that 

moves resource conditions toward 

desired on-the-ground conditions and is 

consistent with Forest Plan standards 

and guidelines. 

Proposed Action and Alternatives 

Alternatives to be included in the 

Environmental Impact Statement are: 1. 

No Grazing, 2. Current Management, 3. 

Adaptive Management with Forage 

Reserves, and 4. Proposed Action, 

Adaptive Management with Vacant 

Allotment Closures. 

Responsible Official 

Columbine District Ranger. 

Nature of Decision To Be Made 

The Responsible Official will decide 

whether or not to authorize term grazing 

permit(s) on all or portions of the 

Weminuche Landscape, and if grazing is 

authorized, what design criteria and 

monitoring will be required. The 

Responsible Official will also document 

the decision and reasons for the 

decision in a Record of Decision. This 

decision will be subject to Forest 

Service predecisional objection 

procedures (36 CFR part 218, Subparts 

A and B). 


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